Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa

The Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa (オーケストラ・アンサンブル金沢, Ōkesutora Ansanburu Kanazawa) is a professional chamber orchestra, founded in 1988, based in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, and is a full member of the Association of Japanese Symphony Orchestras. The orchestra's home is Ishikawa Ongakudō (Ishikawa Music Hall). Since 2007, its music director is Michiyoshi Inoue.

Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa
Native nameオーケストラ・アンサンブル金沢
Short nameOEK
Founded1988
LocationKanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Concert hallIshikawa Ongakudō
Music directorMarc Minkowski
Websitewww.oek.jp/en

Activities

The orchestra performs more than 100 concerts every year. In 1992, the orchestra's CD "合奏協奏曲第1番(シュニトケ)、カルメン組曲(ビゼー" (Concerto Grosso No. 1 by Schnittke and Carmen by Bizet) received the Japan Record Academy Award.[1] In 1994, the orchestra's CD "21世紀へのメッセージ" (Message for 21st Century) published by Polydor Kabushiki Kaisha received Artistic Work Award from Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan.[2] In 1995, the orchestra received the Grand Prize of Idemitsu Music Prize for 1994.[3] In 1995, the orchestra's CD "21世紀へのメッセージ vol. 2" (Message for 21st Century vol. 2) received the Japan Record Academy Award.[4]

In 2008, it performed 128 concerts including seven overseas concerts, making it the 11th largest Japanese orchestra in terms of concert revenue.[5] On January 7, 2010, the orchestra's home Ishikawa Music Hall received the Internal Minister's Prize from Japan Foundation for Regional Art Activities for the collaboration with the orchestra to promote art in the region.[6] In 2005, the orchestra's CD of Mozart piano concerto featuring pianist Yoko Kikuchi received the Music Pen Club Award.[7]

Music director／artistic chef

Composer-in-residence

References
  1. "レコード・アカデミー賞 受賞ディスク一覧 1992年度 – 音楽之友社". www.ongakunotomo.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  2. Agency for cultural Affairs, Awards (in Japanese) Archived 2010-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Idemitsu Music Prize (in Japanese) Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "レコード・アカデミー賞 受賞ディスク一覧 1995年度 – 音楽之友社". www.ongakunotomo.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  5. Fact sheet 2008 (in Japanese) Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Association of Japanese Symphony Orchestras
  6. Awarding of Internal Minister's Prize Japan Foundation for Regional Art Activities, January 7, 2010 (in Japanese)
  7. Music Pen Club Award (in Japanese)
  8. "ＯＥＫ監督に指揮者のミンコフスキさん ９月に就任へ：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
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